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My choices were Dell or Lenovo, and I got the low-end Dell - not for looks, but when I compared battery life and WEIGHT. This new one weighs about 4.7 pounds, and the Lenovo was 5.3. I'm pretty pleased with that choice so far.

This isn't as responsive as my old computer, and it's not particularly sexy, but it's functional - and I haven't taken as long to yank all the weeds out as I'd feared, though there are still a few popups to gnash my teeth about. Chrome and IE, though, both lost out to Firefox, which is the least-worst option. I got MSOffice for about $10 (also via the employee purchase program), so am actually doing pretty well, configuration-wise. And not minding Windows 8.1 either (after the reviews for 8, I wasn't looking forward to the "upgrade"!)

My Asus lasted almost five years, got me two jobs, and helped me to finish a novel. Shoot, it helped me find Penelope the pup, even! Hell of a run, that! It'll get to rest now, and this little number should do the job.

"To be the queen, she agreed to be the widow!"

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The pre-modern world was willing to attribute charisma to women well before it was willing to attribute sustained rationality to them.
---Medieval Kingship, Henry A. Myers

Today I was the recipient of a heart-warming random act of kindness.
Recently our county mandated BYOB (bring your own bag) at grocery stores. But since I'm always wandering around with my head in a plot, I often show up bagless, as I did this morning at Trader Joes.
The checker just whipped out a fancy $1 Trader Joe bag and loaded my groceries in it, explaining, "The lady before you paid for a bunch of these to be given to the next 10 shoppers who needed a bag."
Made my day!
And it'll help me remember to bring bags next time, because I'm going to pass that bag on.

Saturday- going out of town. Trying tea samples, picking up a tea, and getting some samples in the post.

Into battle we ride with Gods by our side We are strong and not afraid to die We have an urge to kill and our lust for blood has to be fulfilled WE´LL FIGHT TILL THE END! And send our enemies straight to Hell!
- "Into Battle"
{Ensiferum}

This is really a 'best thing yesterday'. Spent the weekend at Cameron Park Lake Tudor Fayre, and after a rather long hiatus, our guild played court. We did a brilliant job, if I do say so myself, and I had fun debuting my new character, Cecily Bodingham, Abbess of Wilton. An abess' costume is CONSIDERABLY cooler, and I could be as history-nerdy as I wanted without having to come up with a reason why a lower household person would know so much. It was a great compromise--playing noble without having to wear nobles. Yay!
And here's Mercy as Queen Katherine:

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It's official. We put our house up for sale. Now we're biting our nails hoping it will actually sell in a reasonable time period. My husband is changing jobs and we'll be moving from Georgia to Virginia once we've sold our house. I'm not even going to worry yet about my own job prospects. I've been with my current employer for 17 years, so the prospect of changing from a relatively secure position to one of uncertainty is scary. I keep telling myself, change is good.

Ludmilla, depending on where you are headed in VA, don't hesitate to reach out to me, I'd be glad to point you to some of the better employers if you might be in central VA. (And some of the worse ones!)

Congrats on the new job, new horizons. May the house sell for a reasonable price, too! And welcome to the Old Dominion.

"To be the queen, she agreed to be the widow!"

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The pre-modern world was willing to attribute charisma to women well before it was willing to attribute sustained rationality to them.
---Medieval Kingship, Henry A. Myers